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Remarks : It must be borne in mind that the territory embodied in Vernon was not so large in 1850 as in subse- quent periods. From 1850 to 1853, Union township included within her borders the south-east corner of Ver- non. Union reports for 1850, 522 inhabitants ; hence a fair and proportionate estimate for the inhabitants in the terri- tory now embodied in Vernon in 1850 would be 1.038. In our reports above of the population, we have included in Vernon township both Fortville and McCordsville. McCordsville in 1870 had 168 inhabitants; Fortville in 1870 had 387. We have no official reports of the number of these two places for any other dates.
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Polls and Votes .- A voter in Indiana, at this date, is any native born, or naturalized foreign born male citizen .. of sound mind, twenty-one years of age, there being now no distinction as to color, the only bar being sex, non-nat- uralization, disfranchisement and non-compos mentis. The poll in Indiana is any legal voter under fifty ; hence, the distinction between polls and voters is marked and consid- erable, the latter being much the more numerous. The polls for Vernon township in 1840 were 96; 1850, 121 : 1860, 254 : 1870, 232 : 1880, 582. Her vote in 1860, 309 : 1870, 412 : in 1880 her vote stood democratic, 318 ; repub- lican, 254 ; independent, 10: democratic majority, sixty- four. We do dot give the vote prior to 1853, for the reason that before that time voters could cast their ballots at any precinct in the county, and any reports prior to that time would not be a fair showing for the townships. This town- ship has two voting precincts : First, at Fortville ; second. at McCordsville.
Value of Real and Personal Property .- This township reports 19,936 acres of land, valued at $446,460, exclusive of Fortville ; improvements on the same, valued at $68,840, being an average of about $26 per acre. Value of lots, $4,720 : value of improvements, $10,800; value of per- sonal, $150,835 ; value of telegraph, $730 ; railroads, $104,- 115 ; total value of property in Vernon township, exclusive of Fortville. $786,800. Fortville reports 120 acres of land, valued at $1.920 : improvements on same, $3,725 ; value of lots. $17, 180 ; value of improvements, $39,640 ; personal property., $47,425 ; telegraph, $30; railroad, $12,850. Total value of taxable property in Fortville, $122,820.
Taxes .- To obtain a correct idea of the growth in wealth of the township, the reader should compare the taxes of tho earlier decades with the present. This town- ship paid taxes to the amount of $412.86 in 1840, on $62,711 worth of property ; $590.89 for 1850, on $71,405 worth of property : $3.140.80. for 1860, on $411,910 worth of property ; for 1870, $7,841.31, on $567,025 worth of property. Vernon pays $9.903.60 of this amount. The
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following men are assessed for $50 and upwards for 1881, to be paid in 1882 :
Apple, J. J. $127 20 Jackson, A. G .. 71 14
Blanton, Hiram
63 S4
Kelly, Pat. 51 6S
Brown & Brown 75 42
Kingen, Samuel. 5S oS
Boyd & Hough.
109 20 Lane, Jacob 50 SS
Brooks, Madison
51 60
McCord, William 51 28
Brooks, Samuel.
96 22
McCord, Elias. 100 98
Caldwell, Harvey
130 66
McCord, Jacob.
77 SS
Cushman, Isaac.
SI 52
Merrill, J. S.
IOI 96
Crossley, Henry
121 92
Morrison, Wm 116 S2
Davidson, H. S
59 82
Shore, William 56 02
Shultz, James 58 62
Denney, J. W 86 44
Shultz, Jacob. 53 58
Davis, A. C. 91 60
Stokes, Richard
54 78
Fort, Washington
50 40
Streight & Streight. . 67 20
Ferrell, Mary
79 20
Stottenger. HI
55 20
Fred, Israel 61 00
Thomas, J. H
64 54
Guild, H. 63 06
Thomas. David. 66 60
Guinn, Joseph's heirs.
55 20
Vail, Aaron.
93 70
Hanna, E. D
S9 16
Walker, Tarlton.
57 82
Hanna, T. J
75 54
Winn, Joseph
115 42
The levy is $1.20 on each $100 worth of taxable prop- erty. Of the total amount of taxes paid in the township, as reported above, Fortville pays $2,212.05. Of this amount, the following men, in 1882, will pay $50 or upwards :
Crist, G. P. $ 57 74 Record & Voorhes. .. S4 28 Hagen, Andrew 123 38
The levy in Fortville is $1.61 on each $100 worth of taxable property.
Fustices of the Peace .- Vernon township, though rather young in years, can compare favorably with older town- ships in her array of ex-justices, as the following list of names, accompanied by date of election, will show :
John S. Apple . 1837, 1841 Lewis P. Peal. .1864
Denney, Alfred 116 14
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Jehu Denney. 1838
William H. Foley . 1866
William Caldwell. . 1840, 1855
Emil Lenz. . . 1869, 1878
William G. Scott IS71
Dennis Tobin
IS72
J. B. Galbreath. 872, 1876
Elias McCord. 1852
Azel Hooker. 1856
Thomas R. Noel. 1857
Smith McCord .. 1860, 186S
Solomon Jackson 1860
William Anderson.
I 864
Among the ex-justices of Union township during her existence from 1838 to 1853, which, as we have previ- ously remarked, included four sections now constituting the south-east corner of Vernon, were :
James Reeves. 1 840 Levi Leary 1846, 1851
David W. O'Dell IS41 E. N. Wright. 1850
William B. Martin 1845 R. N. Dunn 1853
James W. McCord and Cicero Vanlaningham are the present acting justices of the township. From 1828 to 1831, during the time that Vernon township belonged to Sugar-creek. her petty strifes were settled by George Leachman; and from 1831 to 1836. during which time Vernon was embodied in Buck-creek, Morgan Brinegar, Owen Jarrett and Wyatt Denney were invested with legal authority to hear and try all causes over which such sub- judges have jurisdiction. Esquires Brinegar and Denney, who are reported as the first justices in Buck-creek on page 122, always resided in the territory now embodied in
Vernon township. Most of the above are still with us, active, prominent citizens, well-known in the township. and not entire strangers to most of our readers. John S. Apple, William Caldwell, Smith McCord. Emil Lenz and J. B. Galbreath were each twice clothed with judicial power. Jesse Cook gave such general satisfaction to liti- gants and others interested. that he was three times hon-
Cicero Vanlaningham. ISSO
Lewis Chappel. 1874
Jacob Denney
1878
O. P. Hastings.
I878
James W. McCord
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Walt. Denney. I845
William F. McCord 1 846 Jesse Cook. . . 1850, 1869, 1878
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ored with the votes of his constituents. Others of the above have been solicited longer to preside, but declined in favor of private life, preferring contentment in home duties to the labor and emoluments of office, remembering. perhaps, the injunction of Shakspeare-
" We must not make a scare-crow of the Law, Setting it to fear the Birds of Prey, And let it keep one shape, till Custom maketh Their Perch, and not their terror."
Ex-County Officers .- Vernon has contributed her mite in forming the various corps of county officials to serve the people as their agents and servants in local matters. Among those who were called in their day to serve the people, we note John Myer, auditor, and William P. Brokaw, commissioner. Among the living we call to mind Elias McCord, Reason Perry, and David Caudell, commis- sioners ; Smith McCord, representative ; Andrew Hagen, treasurer ; and S. T. Yancey, senator.
Murders, Suicides, and Fatal Accidents .- Eli Prickett was killed by Benjamin Copper in 1866, at Fortville.
John Trittipo lost his life at a party, in a row, one mile south of Woodbury, on New Year's evening, 1857, at the house of Thomas Olvey.
A daughter of Levi Myers was accidentally shot Sep- tember 17, 1862, from which she died the day following.
Sanford Cummins, a young man about thirty years of age, committed suicide in the fall of 1878, in his uncle's store in McCordsville. Mr. C., a young man of excellent parentage, had previously been a trusted clerk in the store, and had the confidence of his employer and the respect and esteem of the customers and all who knew him ; but having contracted the habit of tippling and its accompanying evils, he lost respect for himself, and, for some reason, his position in the store; and, while under the influence of intoxicants and reason dethroned, he was caught one evening in the store abstracting money from
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the vault. Being arrested, he begged time to shave him- self before being taken to the county jail, which request was granted. After lathering his face, with razor in hand, he stepped to a mirror and, with one monstrous stroke, severed the trachea and the carotid artery, and fell a life- less form. The cause of this sudden terminus to a prom- ising life, as assigned by himself a short time prior, was whisky and its resultant evils. Let the young take warn- ing. Shakespeare says :
"Oh, thou invisible spirit of Wine, If thou hast no name to be known by, Let us call thee-Devil!
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Oh, that men should put an enemy to their mouths, To steal away their brains! *
One draught above heat makes him a fool: The second mads him; and a third drowns him."
Recapitulation .- Vernon township, organized in 1836 with an irregular outline, contains thirty-one sections, one incorporated town, and two villages ; has three border counties, three border townships, one railroad, five pikes, one mill stream, two smaller streams, three railroad stations, seven frame school-houses, two two-story graded school buildings, fifteen teachers; $12,000 invested in school-houses, $400 in apparatus ; 771 school children ; has had six ex-trustees since 1859, five of whom are living ; has five Christian denominations, six church buildings, seven lodges, three political parties, 2,306 population, 582 voters, two voting precincts, nineteen miles of tollable pike, a number of miles of non tollable pike, forty-three persons who pay over $50 taxes each ; has had seven ex-county officers, five of whom are living ; has a host of living ex-justices, two extensive grain elevators, one flax mill, one steam flouring mill, two steam circular saw mills, one planing mill, one tile factory, one heading and stave factory. 20,064 acres of land, $527.570 invested in land
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and improvements, $105.270 worth of lots and improve- ments, $163,6So worth of personal property, $720 worth of telegraph property, $117,265 worth of railroad prop- erty, two express offices, two telegraph offices. three post- offices, nine physicians, a republican trustee, a democratic assessor, merchants, druggists, grocers, mechanics, saloon- ists, an increasing valuation, a decreasing population, a fertile soil, industrious citizens, two attorneys, two acting justices, a number of notaries, 187 male dogs, five (?) female dogs, and a democratic majority of sixty-four.
CHAPTER XX. VERNON TOWNSHIP-Continued.
FORTVILLE.
once called Walpole, in honor of Thomas D. Walpole, but now Fortville, i. c., Fort's Town, was laid out by Cephus Fort, on the 12th day of February, 1849. It is located on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis R. R., north by north-west of Greenfield thirteen miles. It is on the banks of Flat Fork, within a mile of the Madison and Hamilton county lines. It is pleasantly located, in a rich grain growing district. The original plat consisted of forty-one lots. The first addition was made by Shull, on the 20th of February, 1855, and consisted of five lots. located on the north-east of the original plat. The second addition was laid out by Noel, on the 16th day of Decem- ber, 1856, and consisted of fifteen lots and several large lots, located north-east of the old plat, between the rail- road and Staats street. The third addition was made by Vanvelzer, on the 17th of December, 1856, and consisted of twelve lots, located south-west of the old plat, and on
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the north side of the railroad. The fourth addition was laid out by James Merrill, the records fail to show when, and consisted of fourteen numbered lots, located south- east of the old town. The fifth addition was made by Garrison Asbury, on the 19th day of August, 1872, and consisted of nine lots, located on the south side of the railroad, south-west of the old plat. The sixth addition was laid out by Record & Voorhes, on the 17th of Feb- ruary, 1873, and consisted of twenty-six blocks, designated by the twenty-six letters of the English alphabet, contain- ing 356 lots, located south of the railroad, and east of Merrill's addition and the old plat. The land from which it was carved was entered by Alfred Shortridge, on the 5th of January, 1835, being the south-east quarter of sec- tion nine, township seventeen north, and range six east. Staats made, perhaps, the first addition to the town, on the north of the old plat, but as we fail to find the proper records of the same, we are unable to give further reliable information relative thereto. Crouch also made an addi- tion of which there is no record.
Fortville is a thriving business point, convenient to Indianapolis, on the Bee Line; is a good market, has a population of 500, with a grain elevator, mills, factories, merchants, grocers, druggists, physicians, mechanics, a two-story brick school-house, U. S. express and daily mail, and other conveniences seldom possessed by a town of its size.
Business and Business Men .- The first business of this place was very limited, and of a simple nature, and con- sisted mainly in bartering the few products of the pioneer frontier men for staple groceries and medicines, dry goods being mainly manufactured by themselves. Among those who first did business in this place were Perry Fort, Noel & Co., Joseph Chitwood and the firm of Tague & Chand- ler. Thomas R. Noel, the first and present postmaster, has served almost continuously since the establishment of the office. Andrew Hagen was postmaster for a time, during Buchanan's administration. Noel has also been
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railroad agent ever since the completion of the road, in 1853.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF FORTVILLE.
Merchants-
Josephus Bills, Rash & Lefeber, William M. Baker.
Druggists and Grocers- Gray & Walker, Brewster & Thomas.
Blacksmiths- Ross Kellum, Jarrett & Yaryan. Jacob Stochr.
Hardware- T. H. Vanzant.
Shoe Makers- John Smail, Frank Copper.
Restaurateur- George P. Crist.
Livery Man- William Hardy.
Butchers- R. P. Brown, Manford & Meikle.
Barber- Thomas Gardiner.
Harness Maker- T. C. Simmons. 22
Restaurateur and Grocer- Elizabeth Hutton.
UndrtErand W'g'nM'kr- McCarty & Son.
Carpenters- L. W. Crouch, Brewster & Trcher, Patterson & Kimberlin.
Grain Dealers- Hagen & Shultz, McClarnon & Co.
Millers- McClarnon & Co.
Saw-mill Proprietor- Henry Brown.
Stave Factory- C. E. Harris.
Tinner-
Elmer West.
Flax Mill- Andrew Hagen.
Planing Mill- L. W. Crouch.
Attorneys and Notarics- Robert Collins, Josephus Bills.
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Physicians- J. G. Stewart, & Son. J. M. Jones, S. T. Yancey. T. K. Sanders.
Hotel Keepers-
C. P. Thomas, Isaac Wiseman.
P. M. and R. R. Agent- Thomas R. Noel.
MCCORDSVILLE,
a comparatively new and thriving little town on the C .. C., C. and I. R. R., fifteen miles north-west of Green- field, and about the same distance north-east of Indian- apolis, is pleasantly located, and surrounded by rich, fer- tile soil, in the central western part of the township. It was laid out on the 11th day of September, 1865, by James W. Negley, with thirty-five lots. The first addition was made by Iliday, on the 11th day of February, 1869, and consisted of twenty-eight lots, located on the railroad, south-west of the original plat. The second addition was made by Bradley and McCord, on the 21st day of May. 1873, and consisted of thirty-nine lots, located south of the first plat. The third addition was made by Nelson Bradley, on the 31st day of August, 1873, and consisted of sixty-seven lots, located south of Bradley & McCord's addition. The fourth and last addition was made by McCord, on the 4th day of September, 1873, with eight lots, located east of original plat. The cemetery at this place was laid out by the I. O. O. F., on the 16th day of March, 1871, with one hundred and five lots and streets and alleys.
McCordsville has a two-story brick township school building, grain elevator, livery stable, saw-mill, mer- chants, physicians, carpenters, a butcher, and other con- veniences essential to the prosperity of a village of this size, numbering about three hundred inhabitants. It has also a U. S. express and daily mail. The land out of which McCordsville was carved had been entered by John H. Robb, on the 25th day of October, 1835, being the north-east quarter of section twenty-six, in township six-
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teen north and range five east. Dr. J. W. Hervey, now of Indianapolis, was the first resident physician. Among the first business men were William Emery, Nelson Brad- ley, and a Mr. Littleton. Others have done business in the place from time to time, but we must hasten on to give a
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF M'CORDSVILLE.
General Merchants-
Cooper-
Harvey Caldwell,
J. W. Negley.
H. N. Thompson, Hanna & McCord.
Blacksmiths-
James M. Wright, Nelson Gaskins.
Hardware and Groceries --- Israel Fred.
Druggist- Michael Quigley.
Physicians- Thomas P. Hervey, John D. Cory.
Restaurateur- Thomas McCord.
Livery and Feed Stable -- Moses N. Craig.
Stock Trader- Aaron Vail.
Butchers- Craig, Stokes & Morrison.
Carpenters- J. K. Kimberlin, George W. McCord.
Wagon Maker- Eli Chevis.
Saw Mill-
William Brooks.
Grain Dealers- T. J. Hanna, H. N. Thompson, McCord & Hanna.
WOODBURY,
a tiny burg on the C., C., C. and I. R. R., between Fort- ville and McCordsville, soventeen miles north-east of Indianapolis, was laid out on the 12th of December, 1851, by Ellen Wood, with thirty-two lots. It has had no addi- tions. Among the first business men of this place were
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John Bills, Azel Hooker, Garrison Asbury, William and Joseph Bills, Taylor & Lockhart, Martindale, Taylor & Brown, P. J. Brinegar and G. W. Shultz. This place once did some business, but since the completion of the railroad, and the development of McCordsville and Fort- ville, it has lost somewhat its pristine glory. There was once a railroad agency and warehouse here for several years, with Thomas Hawkins as agent. The warehouse was burned down, and the agency was discontinued. Its present merchant is David Brown. The sick and infirm are looked after by Dr. B. B. Witham. Its blacksmiths are J. W. Peik, John Olvey and G. L. Morrow. Post- master, David Brown. Among those that have been in the government service at this point are J. C. Bills, Gar- rison Asbury and P. J. Brinegar. Woodbury has one church. a district school, one store, a blacksmith shop. post-office and railroad station, a central location, and plenty of room for future development.
MANITAU TRIBE, NO. 53, I. O. R. M ..
was organized January 8. 1875, at Fortville. The first officers of this Indian Tribe were J. H. Treher, sachem : Andrew Kappes, senior sachem ; G. H. Jackson, junior sachem : C. V. Hardin, chief of records, and Garrison Asbury, keeper of wampum. The lodge organized under favorable circumstances. with about twenty members, and is still on the war path and around the camp fires with increasing numbers. Its present officers are: C. V. Hardin. S .: Thomas Toby, S. S .; Nat. Lake, J. S. : Andrew Kappes, keeper of wampum. Total membership. . twenty-eight. Concil meetings and camp fires kindled Wednesday evening of each week.
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.
There was for a number of years a temperance organ- ization in Fortville, in addition to a Good Templar lodge. In February of March, 1879. D. B. Ross, of Indianapolis.
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in connection with the Christian and M. E. churches, con- ducted a revival, during which six hundred persons signed the pledge. A branch of the National Christian Temper- ance Union was organized, with J. B. Anderson as presi- cent. S. H. McCarty vice-president, Irena Anderson sec- retary, Mrs. Dr. Stuart treasurer, and a board of five managers. A constitution was adopted, making the officers elective semi-annually. S. H. McCarty, J. B. Anderson and J. C. McCarty have been the presidents of the order. Meetings weekly or semi-monthly have been sustained continuously since the date of organization. The work has mainly been done by home talent, prominent among whom were Elder J. W. Ferrell, and Revs. J. S. McCarty and J. F. Rhoades. Other ministers and temperance lec- turers have participated in the work. They have done good practical work, having succeeded in defeating appli- cations for license till at this date there is not a licensed saloon in the place.
FORTVILLE LODGE, No. 207. F. A. M.
This lodge was granted a charter May 26, 1857. The first officers were James L. Dunnaha, W. M. : Eastley Helms, S. W. ; George W. Kinniman, J. W. ; James H. Perry, treasurer ; Hiram Dunnaha, secretary; Samuel Arnett, S. D .; Peter Staats, tylor. The present officers are Samuel Arnett, W. M. ; Perry King, S. W. ; M. Jar- rett, J. W. ; J. Jarrett, treasurer ; A. R. Chappel, secretary ; A. C. Davis, S. D. ; Volney Davis, J. D. ; A. J. Branden- burg, tylor ; Reuben Patterson and Joseph Bills, stewards. The lodge owns a comfortable, commodious hall, with the appropriate emblems of the order, in the second story over Bills's dry goods store. The order is in a flourishing con- dition, with a total membership of thirty-eight. The reg- ular meetings occur on Saturday evening on or before the full of the moon in each month.
EDWARDS LODGE, NO. 178, I. O. O. F., was instituted October 10, 1856, at Fortville. Charter
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members : J. H. Perry, R. C. Pitman, C. P. Thomas, H. H. Rutherford, A. Staats, T. W. Heisin, Peter Morrison, J. B. McArthur, Peter Staats, Sen. ; J. S. Merril, Wood Browning, Silas Helms, J. T. Russell, J. S. Edwards, G. HI. Arnold, and A. Birchfield. The first officers of this lodge were: James Perry, N. G. ; R. C. Pitman, V. G. : C. P. Thomas, sec'y, and H. H. Rutherford, treasurer. The present officers are: T. II. Vanzant, N. G. ; F. W. Brewster, V. G .; J. H. Treher, sec'y, and Andrew Kappes, treasurer. This lodge took its name from Hon. William R. Edwards, formerly mayor of the city of Terre Haute. The order owns the room in which they meet, and the members seem to be dwelling together in friendship, love and truth. The stated meeting, occur Friday even- ings of each week. Total membership, twenty-six.
The Daughters of Rebecca, a branch of the Odd Fel- lows, composed of women, hold their meeting's in the same room each Saturday evening. Their lodge is known as Fortville Lodge, No. 80, and was chartered March 29, 1872. The first and present officers include some of the most noble women of Fortville.
MCCORDSVILLE LODGE, No. 338. I. O. O. F ..
was instituted in the upper room of the Thompson ware- house, November 17, 1869, with the following charter mem- bers: Green McCord, N. G .; J. H. Thomas, V. G .; Aaron Vail, sec'y, and William McCord, treasurer ; C. W. Hervey, David Brown, P. A. Raber, J. Bills, J. H. Helms, John Dunham, J. W. Negley, Alfred Bills, Israel Fred, William Sapp and Sylvester Gaskins. The lodge continued to hold its meetings in the original room, until an increase of numbers made it necessary to obtain a new hall, whereupon the lodge purchased a convenient and commodious room, in a brick building owned by Caldwell & Steele. Here the order, pleasantly located, in a room well furnished, has grown financially and numerically, until it can boast of forty-five active members, together
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with an orphan fund of nearly $400, and a general fund of $2,400. The present officers are: A. J. Gale, N. G. : Frank Klepfer, V. G. ; J. P. McCord, sec'y, and John W. McCord, treasurer. The oldest member of the lodge is William Morrison, who was initiated at Pendleton Lodge. No. 88, on the 8th of May. 1854.
MCCORDSVILLE LODGE, NO. 140, F. A. M ..
was organized under dispensation in 1852, and was granted a charter in 1853. The lodge held its meetings for a time in the second story of Elias McCord's house. B. G. Jay, W. M .; Dr. J. W. Hervey, S. W. : Nelson Bradley, J. W. This lodge was removed to Oakland in 1853, and. retaining its old number, was known as Oakland Lodge, No. 140.
MCCORDSVILLE LODGE, NO. 501. F. A. M ..
was fully organized under a charter granted May 25, 1875. Among the first officers were Thomas P. Hervey, W. M. : Henry Crossley, S. W. : Ebenezer Steele, J. W. The present officers are Henry Crossley, W. M .; James H. Kimberlin, S. W. : James H. Wright, J. W. ; Dudley Hervey, secretary; Elias McCord, treasure: Jesse H. Jackson, S. D. ; Andrew J. Stanley, J. D. : E. Chevis, tylor. To this lodge belong some of the sturdy men of McCordsville and vicinity. The lodge is not large, but prosperous. A chapter (No. 44) of the Masonic order was organized at McCordsville on the 23rd day of May, 1860. A council was established under a dispensation granted on the 8th day of March, 1881. The Masonic order at McCordsville has a splendid room, well fur- nished, and the lodge is in a healthful, prosperous condi- tion financially and otherwise.
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